With Deakin's Bachelor of Sport Development, you will examine the science of coaching as well as practical methods of encouraging health and wellbeing through participation and performance in sport. Explore sport pathways and coaching, as well as the marketing and management of sport, and turn your lifelong passion into a rewarding career.

Deakin is the 6th-ranked university in the world for sport-related subjects, largely due to our leading academics, industry connections, facilities and practical approach to learning. State-of-the-art sports precincts combined with a long list of sports partners – including the Geelong Football Club, Netball Victoria and the Australian Institute of Sport – mean you will be studying in elite environments, both on and off campus. With over 200 hours of work placement, you can work alongside established professionals in sport while building industry experience that will prepare you for your future career.

To complete the Bachelor of Sport Development, students must attain a total of 24 core units (12 units from Business and Law and 12 units from Health) plus completion of the 0-credit point module, MAI010 Academic Integrity Module and unit, HSE010 Exercise and Sport Laboratory Safety. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point. Most students choose to study 4 units per trimester, and usually undertake 2 trimesters each year.

To complete the course you must include:-

• completion of MAI010 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory module)
• completion of HSE010 Exercise and Sport Laboratory Safety (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
• 3 credit points of Foundation for Sport Development units
• 7 credit points of Sport Organisation Development units
• 6 credit points of Coaching units
• 6 credit points of Community Development units
• 2 credit points of Practicum units

This course will prepare you for roles in coaching, the leisure industry, and sports science and in the field of community sports development.

Career opportunities include:

• community sports development officer
• high performance manager
• player agent
• professional sports association official
• recreation officer
• sports coach
• sports development officer
• sports governance official
• sports policy officer

Students must have qualification most relevant to your secondary school studies. The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) is the primary criterion for entry into most undergraduate-entr

IELTS - Overall 6 No band lower than 6

TOEFL IBT - 69 Writing 21

C1 PROFICIENCY and C2 PROFICIENCY- 169 No band less than 169

PTE - 50 No less than 50 in each skill

OET - Overall C